A monster game by Tim Brown doesn’t guarantee he’ll play against Saskatchewan, Mike Benevides said Monday (CP)

Tim Brown has a promise from Mike Benevides to re-examine ways to keep the kick return catalyst of the B.C. Lions on the 44-man roster — but there are no guarantees coming from the head coach, either.

Benevides said Monday the likely return of Andrew Harris for Sunday’s game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders will require more roster juggling that may not be favourable to Brown, even though he had 254 combined yards and was the difference in the Lions’ 33-17 win over Toronto.

Benevides wants Brown on the field, but the returner weekly falls victim to the league’s designated import rule that requires four international players to play only in place of fellow Americans.

“It’s too hard to sacrifice the coverage (designated import), said Benevides, who listed John Hardy-Tuliau as a designated import in the event one of four starting Americans playing in the secondary is lost to injury in a game.

Meantime, Dante Marsh told Canadian Press he expects to return from a hamstring problem, but nickleback Josh Johnson will remain out through the upcoming bye week. Kevin Glenn and Travis Lulay will again split practice reps, but Lulay will again likely only get spot duty against the 5-2 Riders. Caption: 1

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